We’re just hitting 2023, and we’re hoping everyone had a fun and safe holiday season. But for Destiny 2 fans, the holiday season might have come with some shocking news. Just this past week, there were rumors quickly spreading online that Bungie was transitioning to a premium subscription service for Destiny 2. This was not something fans were likely expecting, and with news of this leak coming from a rather credible source, the break might have been a bit of a damper. 

This information came from a dataminer from a popular discord server. Essentially, the biggest news to break during the holiday break was that Bungie was bringing out a subscription service to the game. More specifically, it looked to be a subscription plan service that Bungie was looking to bring out for the upcoming Lightfall expansion, which is set to come out next month. But after finding news was quickly being spread online about the premium subscription plans, the dataminer finally came clean and revealed it was nothing more than a hoax.

The individual stated that they were going to let this keep going until how big the leak blew up. They have since apologized for trolling the community and claim that all future jokes will be labeled going forward. But the damage might have been done already for the dataminer as viewers might be more skeptical of their reporting’s going forward. At the very least, those that were worried Destiny 2 might transition to a premium subscription service can relax.